atlasman -

I believe that you are not having a good year - but I think you are off base to blame the DEC for it all.

The System isn't perfect - but its not as bad as you think. If the DEC is giving out Doe permits for your WMU - then they have good reason to think the herd can support some numbers of does harvested. In 7M - not even landowners could get doe permits this year - and its a LARGE WMU - last year it was very limited.

Now - its not Micro management - and your exact hunting acreage may be way down. Maybe it will change on its own, but probably not.Get involved ant call your Region Manager - maybe he can share the harvest information for your town with you.

Like PA - there are alot of hunters in NY - yet the Hunter Numbers are decreasing - so the DEC is trying to allow similar deer numbersto be harvested - by less people- for the future. In some areas I agree they Jumped the gun ( coupled by 2 of the worst winters in 100years - back to back - really - no joke!) - and there are less deer than desired. I think they are trying to fix that now.

FH